F Automate the testing of the Conan steps

build/HowToRelease.md

@@ -40,9 +40,4 @@ You will need to:
     * Create a branch for the patch
     * Edit [build/release_details.py](/build/release_details.py) to give the relative path to your cloned fork
 * Run the release process as normal - this appends lines for your new release to your copy of `conandata.yml`
-* Test the edit: **WHERE YOU MANUALLY PUT IN THE NEW VERSION NUMBER**
-    ```bash
-    cd conan-center-index/recipes/approvaltests.cpp/all
-    conan create . 8.1.1@
-    ```
-* Submit a pull request
+* The 'deploy' step will test the changes, and prompt you to submit a pull request

build/deploy_release.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import pyperclip
 
+import version
 from utilities import read_file, check_step, run, pushdir, popdir
 from prepare_release import PrepareRelease
 
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ def push_main_project(self):
         run(["git", "push", "origin", "master"])
         popdir()
 
+    def test_conan_and_create_pr(self):
+        pushdir(self.details.conan_data_dir)
+        new_version_without_v = version.get_version_without_v(self.details.new_version)
+        run(F'conan create . {new_version_without_v}@')
+        popdir()
+
+        check_step("that you have created a Pull Request for conan-center-index?")
+
     def publish_main_project(self):
         self.commit_main_project()
         self.push_main_project()
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ def publish_main_project(self):
         run(["open", self.details.release_dir])
         check_step("that the release is published")
 
-        check_step("that you have created a Pull Request for conan-center-index?")
+        self.test_conan_and_create_pr()
 
         # Draft the tweet
         check_step("that you have created a screenshot of the release notes, for the Tweet")
@@ -63,7 +72,6 @@ def publish_main_project(self):
         run(["open", "https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/"])
         check_step("if you want to announce this on Reddit r/cpp")
 
-
     def push_everything_live(self):
         self.publish_main_project()
         self.publish_starter_project()

build/release_details.py

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def __init__(self, old_version, new_version, publish_release):
         self.release_new_single_header = F"{self.release_dir}/{self.new_single_header}"
 
         self.conan_repo_dir = '../../../conan/conan-center-index-claremacrae'
-        self.conan_data_file = os.path.join(self.conan_repo_dir, 'recipes', 'approvaltests.cpp', 'all', 'conandata.yml')
+        self.conan_data_dir = os.path.join(self.conan_repo_dir, 'recipes', 'approvaltests.cpp', 'all')
+        self.conan_data_file = os.path.join(self.conan_data_dir, 'conandata.yml')
 
         self.main_project_dir = F"../../ApprovalTests.Cpp"
         self.starter_project_dir = F"../../ApprovalTests.Cpp.StarterProject"